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Event Details Simulation Date/Time : Current date set to daylight. Weather : Real World / Fair weather if real world is unsuitable for VFR operations. Distance : 180 nm Est Flight Time : approx 80 mins Aircraft : Single or twin engine aircraft such as Beechcraft Baron, Mooney Bravo or similar capable of 145 to 165 kias. Altitude : Up to 9500. Flightplan File as : YBHI YYAW YACS YNUN YKAY YALN YTIB GPS Flightplan is available for FSX and X-Plane FMS and also provided is the original Plan-G flightplan for those that find this useful all enclosed within a Zip archive. Navigation : Pilots familiar with the area can navigate visually, for those less familiar the accompanying GPS Flightplan is the recommended method of navigating the flight plan. Communications Australia uses CTAF (Common Traffic Advisory Frequency) for radio comms at uncontrolled airfields. Now that VATSIM has introduced AFV (Audio For VATSIM) CTAF can now be used across all VATSIM approved pilot clients. Pilots are requested to tune to the published frequency as detailed in the flight details for an event when operating in or around an aerodome to make and monitor CTAF broadcasts. Pilots should also be aware that it is a VATSIM COC (Code of Conduct) requirement that all pilots at uncontrolled airfields should monitor Unicom (Australia 122.80). It is highly recommended that pilots ensure that at least one of their "on board" COM radios (COM 2 being the most likely) is tuned to receive unicom transmissions in addition to transmitting and receiving on the published CTAF frequency. Please Note. All pilots should also be vigilant regarding the receipt of text on both unicom and CTAF. If it is discovered there is a pilot participating that is unable to receive voice transmissions, pilots should arrange to also broadcast via text to ensure those pilots without the benefit of voice is able to receive appropriate broadcasts. VATSIM provides an update guide for getting AFV working on each of the approved pilot clients. Recommended Scenery FSX / P3D ORBX Australia ANTS AUSSIE AIRPORTS OZX 3.5 AU Scenery OZX Libraries 1.2 (required for all OZX scenery) X-Plane 10/11 Bazz's Australian and PNG Scenery for X-Plane Flight Details BROKEN HILL [YBHI] Takeoff elev : 959 rwy : 05/23 asphalt rwy : 14/32 sand CTAF : 126.70 VOR/DME : BHI BROKEN HILL 114.20 NDB : BHI BROKEN HILL 332.0 YALCAWINNA [YYAW] T&G - H-036° D-24 (Scenery not depicted in P3D) elev : 711 rwy : 1/19 6/24 dirt CTAF : 122.80 ACACIA DOWNS AIRPORT [YACS] T&G - H-007° D-18 elev : 617 rwy : 14/32 dirt CTAF : 122.80 NUNTHERUNGIE [YNUN] T&G - H-030° D-48 (Scenery not depicted in P3D) elev : 687 rwy : 13/31 17/35 9/27 dirt CTAF : 122.80 KAYRUNNERA [YKAY] T&G - H-008° D-9 elev : 598 rwy : 02/20 12/30 dirt CTAF : 122.80 ALLANDY [YALN] T&G - H-004° D-18 elev : 424 rwy : 13/31 dirt CTAF : 122.80 TIBOOBURRA [YTIB] Land - H-323° D-63 elev : 584 rwy : 02/20 15/33 asphalt CTAF : 126.70 Chart

Event Details Simulation Date/Time : Current date set to daylight. Weather : Real World / Fair weather if real world is unsuitable for VFR operations. Distance : 197 nm Est Flight Time : approx 80 mins Aircraft : Single or twin engine aircraft such as Cessna Caravan, Beechcraft Duke Turbine or similar capable of 175 to 195 kias. Altitude : Up to 9500. Flightplan File as : YTIB YYAA YWSD YNQI UNK YBHI GPS Flightplan is available for FSX and X-Plane FMS and also provided is the original Plan-G flightplan for those that find this useful all enclosed within a Zip archive. Navigation : Pilots familiar with the area can navigate visually, for those less familiar the accompanying GPS Flightplan is the recommended method of navigating the flight plan. Communications Australia uses CTAF (Common Traffic Advisory Frequency) for radio comms at uncontrolled airfields. Now that VATSIM has introduced AFV (Audio For VATSIM) CTAF can now be used across all VATSIM approved pilot clients. Pilots are requested to tune to the published frequency as detailed in the flight details for an event when operating in or around an aerodome to make and monitor CTAF broadcasts. Pilots should also be aware that it is a VATSIM COC (Code of Conduct) requirement that all pilots at uncontrolled airfields should monitor Unicom (Australia 122.80). It is highly recommended that pilots ensure that at least one of their "on board" COM radios (COM 2 being the most likely) is tuned to receive unicom transmissions in addition to transmitting and receiving on the published CTAF frequency. Please Note. All pilots should also be vigilant regarding the receipt of text on both unicom and CTAF. If it is discovered there is a pilot participating that is unable to receive voice transmissions, pilots should arrange to also broadcast via text to ensure those pilots without the benefit of voice is able to receive appropriate broadcasts. VATSIM provides an update guide for getting AFV working on each of the approved pilot clients. Recommended Scenery FSX / P3D ORBX Australia ANTS AUSSIE AIRPORTS OZX 3.5 AU Scenery OZX Libraries 1.2 (required for all OZX scenery) X-Plane 10/11 Bazz's Australian and PNG Scenery for X-Plane Flight Details TIBOOBURRA [YTIB] Takeoff elev : 584 rwy : 02/20 15/33 asphalt CTAF : 126.70 YANDAMA [YYAA] - H-239° D-33 (Scenery not depicted in P3D) WESTWARD DOWNS [YWSD] T&G - H-174° D-64 (Scenery not depicted in P3D) elev : 349 rwy : 8/26 7/25 18/36 dirt CTAF : 122.80 NEW QUINAMBIE [YNQI] T&G - H-235° D-26 (Scenery not depicted in P3D) elev : 217 rwy : 16/34 6/24 dirt CTAF : 122.80 UNIDENTIFIED AIRFIELD Overfly - H-160° D-58 (Scenery not depicted in P3D/X-Plane) BROKEN HILL [YBHI] Land - H-113° D-17 elev : 959 rwy : 05/23 asphalt rwy : 14/32 sand CTAF : 126.70 VOR/DME : BHI BROKEN HILL 114.20 NDB : BHI BROKEN HILL 332.0 Chart

Event Details Simulation Date/Time : Current date set to daylight. Weather : Real World / Fair weather if real world is unsuitable for VFR operations. Distance : 214 nm Est Flight Time : approx 85 mins Aircraft : Single or twin turbine aircraft such as Beechcraft King Air, Pilatus PC-12 or similar capable of 185 - 220 kias. Communications Australia uses CTAF (Common Traffic Advisory Frequency) for radio comms at uncontrolled airfields. FSCopilot/FSInn VATSIM pilots connecting to the network using FSCOPILOT/FSINN can install an additional file that provides the ability to tune the CTAF frequency and make voice announcements to other pilots on frequency. These files can be obtained via this link. Swift Swift is a recent VATSIM Pilot Client alternative now released to the public as a beta release candidate. This pilot client is a one fits all alternative and will work with FSX, P3D V3/V4 and XPlane in either 32 bit Windows or 64 bit Windows, Mac and Linux. This client, once installed and configured (not for the faint of heart - some guidance can be found in this video tutorial for those with X-Plane on Windows x64), also provides a capability for pilots to designate a private voice channel to allow communication with other pilots in the same voice channel. However, to do this requires a frequency over ride to be set allowing the client to ignore the set frequency instead providing text entry into a text box. Into this box the name of the voice room needs to be entered to enable voice communication. A voice room is typically in the form of "some.server.org/<Airport ICAO>". The server component is ALWAYS "rw1.vatpac.org". So this week's departure would use "rw1.vatpac.org/<Airport ICAO>". For airports without an airport ICAO it is typical to use VATPAC VFR Virtual voice room acccessed using 131.25 in FSINN. The equivalent for SWIFT is "rw1.vatpac.org/virtualvfr". Altitude : Not above FL125 Flightplan File as : YLEC YNPU YBLC YARK YBEE AU19 LFRO YLUL YHON YBHI GPS Flightplan is available for FSX and X-Plane FMS and also provided is the original Plan-G flightplan for those that find this useful all enclosed within a Zip archive. Navigation : Pilots familiar with the area can navigate visually, for those less familiar the accompanying GPS Flightplan is the recommended method of navigating the flight plan. Recommended Scenery FSX / P3D OZx YBHI Broken Hill ORBX Australia ANTS AUSSIE AIRPORTS OZX 3.5 AU Scenery X-Plane 10/11 Bazz's Australian and PNG Scenery for X-Plane Flight Details * NOTE Frequency 131.25 - "rw1.vatpac.org/virtualvfr" LEIGH CREEK [YLEC] Takeoff elev : 856 rwy : 11/29ns asphalt rwy : 02ns/20 bitumen CTAF : 126.70 NDB : LEC LEIGH CREEK 287.0 NEPABUNNA [YNPU] T&G - H-083° D-25 (Scenery not depicted in P3D) elev : 1886 rwy : 5/23 dirt CTAF : 122.80 (FSINN 131.25) BALCANOONA [YBLC] T&G - H-073° D-23 (Scenery not depicted in P3D) elev : 474 rwy : 05/23 asphalt CTAF : 127.60 (FSINN 131.25) ARKAROOLA [YARK] T&G - H-355° D-8 elev : 797 rwy : 03/21 dirt CTAF : 126.70 BEVERLEY URANIUM MINE [YBEE] T&G - H-032° D-17 elev : 382 rwy : 01/19 dirt CTAF : 126.70 TENNECO STATION 5 [AU19] T&G - H-143° D-11 (Scenery not depicted in P3D) elev : 682 rwy : 18/36 dirt CTAF : 126.70 (FSINN 122.80) LAKE FROME [LFRO] T&G - H-140° D-20 MOOLELULOOLOO [YLUL] T&G - H-144° D-69 (Scenery not depicted in P3D) elev : 344 rwy : 17/35 8/26 12/30 dirt CTAF : 122.80 (FSINN 131.25) HONEYMOON [YHON] T&G - H-122° D-10 (Scenery not depicted in P3D) elev : 419 rwy : 01/19 dirt CTAF : 122.80 (FSINN 131.25) BROKEN HILL [YBHI] Land - H-102° D-44 elev : 959 rwy : 14/32 sand rwy : 05/23 asphalt CTAF : 126.70 VOR/DME : BHI BROKEN HILL 114.20 NDB : BHI BROKEN HILL 332.0 Chart

Event Details Simulation Date/Time : Current date set to daylight. Weather : Real World / Fair weather if real world is unsuitable for VFR operations. Distance : 218 nm Est Flight Time : approx 85 mins Aircraft : Single or twin turbine aircraft such as Beechcraft King Air, Pilatus PC-12 or similar capable of 185 - 220 kias. Communications Australia uses CTAF (Common Traffic Advisory Frequency) for radio comms at uncontrolled airfields. FSCopilot/FSInn VATSIM pilots connecting to the network using FSCOPILOT/FSINN can install an additional file that provides the ability to tune the CTAF frequency and make voice announcements to other pilots on frequency. These files can be obtained via this link. Swift Swift is a recent VATSIM Pilot Client alternative now released to the public as a beta release candidate. This pilot client is a one fits all alternative and will work with FSX, P3D V3/V4 and XPlane in either 32 bit Windows or 64 bit Windows, Mac and Linux. This client, once installed and configured (not for the faint of heart - some guidance can be found in this video tutorial for those with X-Plane on Windows x64), also provides a capability for pilots to designate a private voice channel to allow communication with other pilots in the same voice channel. However, to do this requires a frequency over ride to be set allowing the client to ignore the set frequency instead providing text entry into a text box. Into this box the name of the voice room needs to be entered to enable voice communication. A voice room is typically in the form of "some.server.org/<Airport ICAO>". The server component is ALWAYS "rw1.vatpac.org". So this week's departure would use "rw1.vatpac.org/<Airport ICAO>". For airports without an airport ICAO it is typical to use VATPAC VFR Virtual voice room acccessed using 131.25 in FSINN. The equivalent for SWIFT is "rw1.vatpac.org/virtualvfr". Altitude : Not above FL125 Flightplan File as : YBHI YPMB VICT GLC YRYK YWPD YLEC GPS Flightplan is available for FSX and X-Plane FMS and also provided is the original Plan-G flightplan for those that find this useful all enclosed within a Zip archive. Navigation : Pilots familiar with the area can navigate visually, for those less familiar the accompanying GPS Flightplan is the recommended method of navigating the flight plan. Recommended Scenery FSX / P3D OZx YBHI Broken Hill ORBX Australia ANTS AUSSIE AIRPORTS OZX 3.5 AU Scenery X-Plane 10/11 Bazz's Australian and PNG Scenery for X-Plane Flight Details * NOTE Frequency 131.25 - "rw1.vatpac.org/virtualvfr" BROKEN HILL [YBHI] Takeoff elev : 959 rwy : 14/32 sand rwy : 05/23 asphalt CTAF : 126.70 VOR/DME : BHI BROKEN HILL 114.20 NDB : BHI BROKEN HILL 332.0 PLUMBAGO [YPMB] T&G - H-258° D-81 (Scenery not depicted in P3D) elev : 813 rwy : 10/28 15/33 dirt CTAF : 122.80 (FSINN 131.25) MOUNT VICTORIA [VICT] Overfly - H-350° D-6 GLENORCHY [GLC] Overfly - H-292° D-5 RAWNSLEY PK STN [YRYK] T&G - H-275° D-62 elev : 1384 rwy : 03/21 dirt CTAF : 131.25 WILPENA POUND [YWPD] T&G - H-349° D-8 elev : 1707 rwy : 10/28 dirt CTAF : 131.25 LEIGH CREEK [YLEC] Land - H-342° D-56 elev : 856 rwy : 11/29ns asphalt rwy : 02ns/20 bitumen CTAF : 126.70 NDB : LEC LEIGH CREEK 287.0 Chart

Event Details This week VFR Operations departs Tibooburra and returns to Broken Hill visiting a couple of small isolated airfields. FSX and P3D fliers will no airport scenery to view, however it is possible those flying in X-Plane who have installed appropriate Australian scenery will have somewhere to execute a touch and go at their discretion. Simulation Date/Time : Current date set to daylight. Weather : Real World / Fair weather if real world is unsuitable for VFR operations. Distance : 186 nm Est Flight Time : approx 85 mins Aircraft : Single or twin engine aircraft such as Beechcraft Baron, Mooney Bravo or similar capable of 155 to 185 kias. Communications : Australia uses CTAF (Common Traffic Advisory Frequency) for radio comms at uncontrolled airfields. VATSIM pilots connecting to the network using FSCOPILOT/FSINN can install an additional file that provides the ability to tune the CTAF frequency and make voice announcements to other pilots on frequency. These files can be obtained via this link. For pilots connecting to VATSIM using VPilot, there is a work around that enables these pilots to also take advantage of online voice CTAF. Refer to this informative VATPAC Forum post to learn how to implement the work around. Similarly, this work around has been reported to be successfully adopted for X-Plane using the X-Squawkbox client. As of yet there are no available instructions for doing this. Altitude : Not above FL125 Flightplan File as : YTIB YANDAMA CORONA.STATION YBHI GPS Flightplan is available for FSX and X-Plane FMS and also provided is the original Plan-G flightplan for those that find this useful all enclosed within a Zip archive. Navigation : Pilots familiar with the area can navigate visually, for those less familiar the accompanying GPS Flightplan is the recommended method of navigating the flight plan. Recommended Scenery OZx YBHI Broken Hill ORBX Australia ANTS AUSSIE AIRPORTS OZX 3.5 AU Scenery Flight Details TIBOOBURRA [YTIB] Takeoff elev : 584 rwy : 02/20 15/33 asphalt CTAF : 126.70 YANDAMA AIRPORT Overfly - H-238° D-35.8 nm CORONA STATION Overfly - H-171° D-96.5 nm UMBERUMBERKA RESERVIOR Overfly - H-194° D-36.4 nm BROKEN HILL [YBHI] Land - H-113° D-17.4 nm elev : 959 rwy : 05/23 asphalt rwy : 14/32 sand CTAF : 126.70 VOR/DME : BHI BROKEN HILL 114.20 NDB : BHI BROKEN HILL 332.0 Chart

Event Details This week VFR Operations departs Broken Hill and flies via a number of small isolated airfields to Tibooburra. FSX and P3D fliers will no airport scenery to view, however it is possible those flying in X-Plane who have installed appropriate Australian scenery will have somewhere to execute a touch and go at their discretion. Simulation Date/Time : Current date set to daylight. Weather : Real World / Fair weather if real world is unsuitable for VFR operations. Distance : 187 nm Est Flight Time : approx 85 mins Aircraft : Single or twin engine aircraft such as Beechcraft Baron, Mooney Bravo or similar capable of 155 to 185 kias. Communications : Australia uses CTAF (Common Traffic Advisory Frequency) for radio comms at uncontrolled airfields. VATSIM pilots connecting to the network using FSCOPILOT/FSINN can install an additional file that provides the ability to tune the CTAF frequency and make voice announcements to other pilots on frequency. These files can be obtained via this link. For pilots connecting to VATSIM using VPilot, there is a work around that enables these pilots to also take advantage of online voice CTAF. Refer to this informative VATPAC Forum post to learn how to implement the work around. Similarly, this work around has been reported to be successfully adopted for X-Plane using the X-Squawkbox client. As of yet there are no available instructions for doing this. Altitude : Not above FL125 Flightplan File as : YBHI YACS YKAY YALN UNK YTIB GPS Flightplan is available for FSX and X-Plane FMS and also provided is the original Plan-G flightplan for those that find this useful all enclosed within a Zip archive. Navigation : Pilots familiar with the area can navigate visually, for those less familiar the accompanying GPS Flightplan is the recommended method of navigating the flight plan. Recommended Scenery OZx YBHI Broken Hill ORBX Australia ANTS AUSSIE AIRPORTS OZX 3.5 AU Scenery Flight Details BROKEN HILL [YBHI] Takeoff elev : 959 rwy : 05/23 asphalt rwy : 14/32 sand CTAF : 126.70 VOR/DME : BHI BROKEN HILL 114.20 NDB : BHI BROKEN HILL 332.0 Acacia Downs Airport [YACS] T&G - H-023° D-41.2 nm Scenery not available in FSX/P3D elev : 617 rwy : 14/32 dirt CTAF : 122.80 (FSINN 131.25) Kayrunnera [YKAY] T&G - H-028° D-55.4 nm Scenery not available in FSX/P3D elev : 598 rwy : 02/20 12/30 dirt CTAF : 122.80 (FSINN 131.25) Allandy [YALN] T&G - H-006° D-17.8 nm Scenery not available in FSX/P3D elev : 424 rwy : 13/31 dirt CTAF : 122.80 (FSINN 131.25) "UNKNOWN AIRFIELD" [UNK] Overfly - H-020° D-16.1 nm TIBOOBURRA [YTIB] Land - H-310° D-56.1 nm elev : 584 rwy : 02/20 15/33 asphalt CTAF : 126.70 Chart